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Pearls of Wisdom How I shucked my oyster ambivalence and learned to love the noble bivalve	Roz Cummins	13 Dec 2007	'Tis the Season
I've lived in Boston for years, but for some reason, I had never visited nearby Portland, Maine -- until last week, that is. I chose a dramatic occasion for my Portland debut: an Oyster Tasting Night put on by Slow Food Portland. Aw, shucks. Photo: pingpongdeath My previous opinion about the celebrated bivalve was decidedly lukewarm. My lack of oyster enthusiasm once even forced ...
Topics: food, green living, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

The Gingerbread Diaries Building an eco-home from a favorite holiday sweet	Roz Cummins	29 Nov 2007	'Tis the Season
When my friend Deanna told me that she wanted to make a gingerbread house this year -- and, in particular, to do so on Black Friday, aka Buy Nothing Day -- I immediately asked if we could make an environmentally sound house. The chances of my ever being able to afford the real-life eco-house of my dreams are slim unless I win the lottery, but I figured I could at least afford the gingerbread ver ...
Topics: food, green building, green living, holiday, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Thanks for the Recipes Readers share instructions for tasty Thanksgiving treats		16 Nov 2007	Grist Feature
Try your hand at reader recipes. Photos: iStockphoto A couple of weeks ago, we asked you, dear readers, to send in your favorite Thanksgiving recipes. We got a smorgasbord of replies, from Dilly Dip to The Best Pressed Pie Crust In the World -- and nary a hint of tryptophan in sight. We've collected your scrumptious ideas here, and welcome more from the rest of you in the comments section below. Bon appet ...
Topics: food, green living, holiday, recipes (all these topics)

Giving Thanks A recipe for no-boil pumpkin lasagna	Roz Cummins	15 Nov 2007	'Tis the Season
For most of my adult life I've been anti-lasagna. It's not that I refuse to eat it. Quite the reverse! I love to eat lasagna. I just refused to make it. The idea of boiling giant, unwieldy sheets of pasta always got on my nerves. It didn't seem worth it, no matter how delicious the result. For years, a little depiction of a pan of lasagna superimposed with one of those internationally recognized "No!" cir ...
Topics: food, holiday, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Send your best Thanksgiving recipe Cranberries? Tofurky? We'll eat it all up	Roz Cummins	07 Nov 2007	Gristmill
It's that time of year again. In between taking down Halloween decorations, excavating coats, hats, and mittens from last year's pile of never-quite-got-washed-or-put-away outerwear, and putting up holiday lights, Thanksgiving sneaks up on us. Once I smell the smoke from my neighbor's woodstoves and hear the crunch of leaves under my feet, I know that the time to savor pumpkin, squash, and sage is just around the corner. This year we're asking readers to ...
Topics: food, green living, holiday, recipes (all these topics)

Botched Alaska An unseasonably warm night and a doomed-to-melt dessert	Roz Cummins	01 Nov 2007	'Tis the Season
November is the new September. -- Aladdin Ossorio I've been itching to make a Baked Alaska. In 1989, the year the Exxon Valdez spilled oil all over Prince William Sound, my friends and I had several Baked Alaska parties featuring a whiskey-laced "Exxon Valdez Fudge Sauce" that I concocted to recreate the oil slick -- and to commemorate the fact that Captain Hazelwood reputedly imbibed a ...
Topics: food, green living, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Girls Just Wanna Have Farm On accepting invitations from strangers, and a harvest festival	Roz Cummins	18 Oct 2007	'Tis the Season
A few years ago, I heard an actor say on a talk show that he had decided if someone invited him to a party, he was going to attend, whether he knew the person or not. When I repeated that to my friend Pagan Kennedy a few days later, she responded, "That's great! That should be my policy!" Then, half a heartbeat later, she said, "Wait a minute! That is my policy!&qu ...
Topics: agriculture, food, Massachusetts, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

In the Belly of the Beast The savory challenges of being a sustainable chef in Big Ag country	Kurt Michael Friese	11 Oct 2007	Grist Feature
Fifteen years ago, I left a great job teaching at a prestigious northeast culinary school to move back to Iowa and be an executive chef at a Holiday Inn. It was difficult to find people, in Vermont or Iowa, who did not think I was certifiably insane. Those who thought they knew Iowa claimed, "There's no there there!" And those who did not asked, "Iowa? I ...
Topics: agriculture, Big Ag, food, green living, Iowa, recipes, sustainable ag (all these topics)

Last Swim with Henry Dave An autumn swim at Walden, a warm robe, and a piping hot bowl of soup	Roz Cummins	04 Oct 2007	'Tis the Season
Walden Pond, a hit with tourists and Transcendentalists. Photo: Sonny Morningstar It's an odd fraternity, the group of people who continue to swim at Walden Pond well past Labor Day. Dusk comes earlier and earlier and the water begins to cool, but these autumn swims are one of the great pleasures of my life -- and, of course, each swim feels increasingly precious as we move i ...
Topics: food, Massachusetts, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Junk Food Junkies On kids, zucchini, and an experiment with pizza soup	Roz Cummins	20 Sep 2007	'Tis the Season
A few weeks ago, when I made zucchini blueberry bread with my friends' kids, it was revealed that one of them didn't care much for zucchini in its non-dessert incarnations, seeing as how it was a vegetable and all. So I challenged myself to invent some kid-friendly zucchini dishes to see if I could get him to enjoy it and include it in his list of things he might -- might -- consider eating. Do I ha ...
Topics: food, health, parenting, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

The Meal World Easy, affordable recipes for baby and toddler food	Lisa Barnes	19 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Never mind the intro, take me to the recipes! If you are what you eat, then the developing years are surely the most important time to eat well. As a parent, you may not be able to give your baby or toddler fresh, homemade foods every day -- but there are real benefits when you do. Her face and your floor will enjoy homemade food too. Homemade food is more nutritious than commercially prepared baby fo ...
Topics: food, green living, organic food, parenting, recipes, special series (all these topics)

A Summer Send-Off As the season fades, it's time for one last blueberry blowout	Roz Cummins	06 Sep 2007	'Tis the Season
Before summer gets away from me entirely, I'd like to share a few more moments from the Northeast Organic Farming Association conference I went to a couple of weeks ago. (By the way, I referred to it as the Farmers' Association last time, which may seem like a small difference, but is actually an important one: you need not be a farmer to be a member.) It was a berry good year. Photo: iStoc ...
Topics: food, organic food, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

I scream against ice cream consolidation How to stick it to the ice-cream Man	Tom Philpott	28 Aug 2007	Gristmill
I've written a lot about the consolidation of U.S. food markets, and have become jaded to facts such as: just four firms slaughter 83.5 percent of cows, and so on. But I actually gagged on my ice cream when I read this bit in BusinessWeek: The days of mom-and-pop parlors and local brands are fading fast. Today, the $59 billion ice cream industry is dominated by two global giants: Switzerland's Nestl� (NESN.DE) and Anglo-Dutch conglomerate Unilever (UN). Togeth ...
Topics: agriculture, business, food, green living, industrial ag, local food, recipes (all these topics)

Looking for a Miracle On summer's end and salad dressing	Roz Cummins	23 Aug 2007	'Tis the Season
It's mid-August and the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts is filled with crops that are making their final push to ripeness and fruition. On a warm day, the air feels like it is practically vibrating with all that energy. As I drive to the Hampshire College campus for the annual Northeast Organic Farmers' Association conference, I pass fields of corn that seem to have reached their peak. The corn is so tall ...
Topics: food, organic food, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Something For the Boys On blueberries, zucchini, and dragon slime	Roz Cummins	09 Aug 2007	'Tis the Season
A few years ago, a friend served me some blueberry-studded gingerbread that she had bought at a local bakery. It was fine, but the spices in the gingerbread really obscured the flavor of the blueberries. On the other hand, I find plain blueberry muffins boring and bland. While I've had delicious lime-blueberry muffins and lemon-blueberry pound cake, sometimes I want something more substantial -- so I dec ...
Topics: food, green living, organic food, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Pit by Pit Cherries, their cousins, and a clafouti recipe	Roz Cummins	26 Jul 2007	'Tis the Season
I went to a friend's house for breakfast a few days ago, and she placed an enormous colander full of ripe cherries in the center of the table. Gazing at it made me feel like we were experiencing the very quintessence of summer. It was right up there with the feeling of walking barefoot in wet grass or eating fresh corn on the cob. Life is just a bowl of cherries. Photo: iStockphoto The sight of it reminded me th ...
Topics: food, GMOs, green living, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Do You Really Want to Grill a Fish? All you need for summer seafood splendor	Roz Cummins	12 Jul 2007	'Tis the Season
As you might imagine, people often ask me what species of fish are the best to eat in terms of environmental and health concerns. I usually respond by saying, "OK, how much free time do you have? Are you sitting down? Do you have access to the internet? Do you have a cold compress for your forehead? Are next-of-kin present and available to care for you if you keel over from information ov ...
Topics: aquaculture, fishing, food, green living, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

No (Hot) Dogs Allowed A guide to grilling without red meat	Roz Cummins	28 Jun 2007	'Tis the Season
As July 4th approaches, it's time to prepare for picnics and BBQs -- and, if you're eating less and less red meat these days, you're probably devising alternative strategies for these occasions. There are two main approaches to dealing with this situation: substituting other foods in place of red meat, or bumping dishes that used to be considered "sides" up to Main Attraction status and adding prot ...
Topics: food, green living, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Tastes Like Summer Berries, brewpubs, and a blitz torte recipe	Roz Cummins	14 Jun 2007	'Tis the Season
I am traveling on the West Coast, and have been diligently eating my way southward. I've been to Victoria, B.C., for a conference on agriculture and sustainability; to Sooke Harbour, B.C., where I visited Sooke Harbor House and took a tour of their organic garden and on-site water reclamation plant; and to Vancouver, B.C., where I had dinner with Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon, authors of the local-eating ...
Topics: food, green living, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Ifs, Ands, and Nuts On summer memories and politically correct peanut butter	Roz Cummins	31 May 2007	'Tis the Season
The cool, sunny mornings this time of year always remind me of setting off to work each day during the first few months that I spent living in Boston. It was the summer between my junior and senior year of college, and I was working for a feminist newspaper located in an old factory near MIT. On their way to the chopping block. Photo: maiylah via flickr When I had come for my interview I had g ...
Topics: food, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Just My Potluck On slow food, communal eating, and Reubenesque sandwiches	Roz Cummins	17 May 2007	'Tis the Season
This is the last in a series of articles about connecting with people over spring meals. Read others on setting up a dining co-op, celebrating Passover, hosting an Earth Dinner, and appreciating slow food. In my last column, I wrote about the slow-food movement, which unites people interested in flavors, food preservation, and, of course, eating. The movement is international in its scope and imp ...
Topics: food, green living, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Haste Makes Waste Savor your flavors with the slow-food movement	Roz Cummins	02 May 2007	'Tis the Season
This is the fourth in a series of articles about connecting with people over food. Read others on setting up a dining co-op, celebrating Passover, and hosting an Earth Dinner. When I told a friend that I was writing an article about slow food, she said, "What's that? The opposite of fast food?" In a word, yes. Carlo Petrini. Photo: slowfood.de The first time I heard about the slow-food movement ...
Topics: books, food, recipes, slow food, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Thought for Food Earth Dinners keep cuisine and conversation flowing	Roz Cummins	19 Apr 2007	'Tis the Season
This is the third installment in a series about connecting with friends and family over specific meals; the first was an introduction to dining co-ops, the second a celebration of Passover. At a recent dinner party, I pulled out my deck of Earth Dinner cards. The first one asked, "Who in your life really understands how to make the food you love?" Two raisin-hating men at the table tenderly ...
Topics: food and agriculture, recipes, slow food, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Say it ain't so, Mario A great chef pimps his name for industrial food	Tom Philpott	04 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Mario Batali is a great chef and restaurateur. I've never had the chance to eat at his celebrated restaurants Babbo and Del Posto, but I have eaten several times at Otto, his relatively modest pizza joint in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. The food there is very, very good. (Try the gelato -- especially the incredibly delicate olive oil one. Or go with affogato -- a scoop of vanilla gelato 'drowned' in a shot of espresso.) I've also cooked from his cookbooks. Like all g ...
Topics: food, green living, recipes (all these topics)

'Tis the season (to celebrate our ties to the earth) A sampling of recipes for Passover	Roz Cummins	30 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Over the next few weeks, I will be writing about meals that express our connection to and appreciation for the earth. In keeping with this theme, I'll start with Marge Piercy's new book, Pesach for the Rest of Us: Making the Passover Seder Your Own. My interest in seders (the meal served at Passover) started when I was in high school and worked as a 'hostess helper' for families who were hosting seders. Having been raised Catholic, I had never experienced a seder befo ...
Topics: food, green living, holiday, recipes (all these topics)

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